There will be NO breakfast next week, the 24th (Dec). There WILL be one the following week, the 31st (Dec). They will follow every Tuesday from then on.
Rob E.
(temporarily in charge of breakfasts—just don't tell Phil.)
BCNH Show of Dreams - British Cars of New Hampshire
Ernst, Mark, Gary H. and I are thinking about going to this British Car Show next July as Windsor has been canceled for this year. Will be making plans in the new year.
https://www.bcnh.org/event/bcnh-show-of-dreams-2/
Cheers,
John
1980 MGB LE Walk Around - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwth3OS0Jsg
(Passed along by Joh DeW.)
Yes, there is a regular FABAC breakfast on Tuesday
Rob Earl tells me that Phil is likely on a boat somewhere and hasn't sent out a breakfast reminder. So, Yes, there is a breakfast—same time—same place.
I was asked to post these photos as well:
!UPDATE! FABAC Holiday Party - Fredericton Inn - Wed Dec 11/24
Our FABAC Holiday Party will be held in the restaurant portion of the Fredericton Inn on Wednesday Dec 11/24 at 5:30.
Dianne has confirmed our above reservation for the Brass Rail Restaurant at the Fredericton Inn for 5:30. We will order from the Brass Rail menu.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Gary
St. George Run
Well, just when I thought the Triumph was away for the last time this year, Mark and Ernst called me to see if I wanted to go to St George for a feed of fish and chips. Also if we could take an other route. So we drove down route 785 the Old Mine road then one of my short cuts to Bonny River Road Rte770 to St George. For lunch and Rte 760 to Harvey station. Stopping for Coffee at Jackie’s Coffee Shop. We paid for the coffee and had some of his mother's home made cookies—they were great . A great place to stop for a coffee or tea. It’s located strip mall by information in Harvey. Thank you, Mark and Ernst, for a good day.
Cheers
John
British Motor Heritage Tour
A few people might be interested in this article about a tour of the British Motor Heritage operation and a visit to Abington, the home of the MG Factory. These articles were done by Curtis Jacobson, the publisher/webmaster of the British v8 Forum in 2007.
Safety Fast!
Phil
http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/BritishMotorHeritage-Intro.htm
http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Abingdon-For-MG-Enthusiasts.htm
November Trip
Here are some photos of the trip that we went on today. I would like to thank Rick M, Mark C, Gary H and Ernst V. Thank them coming along on one of my last minute road trips of the year. We met up in Harvey drove to McAdam over to Maine taking route one south to Calais, Maine. Had a great meal at King Chinese restaurant. Then crossed over to Saint Stephen and drove home. Great weather and roads wonderful.
Cheers,
John
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FABAC Monthly Meeting November 20th
November's monthly meeting will be at the ever popular Carnation Restaurant in Oromocto. Enjoy a nice drive devoid of construction detours (for once).
We'll meet at 5:00PM(ish) with the reservation under FABAC (for now) or my name (Bob E.)
Rob E.
FABAC Holiday Party - Fredericton Motor Inn - Wed Dec 11
Dianne is once again organizing our Holiday party for us this year. She needs to know numbers in order to make our final reservation.
SO PLEASE MAKE YOU INTENTIONS KNOWN HERE ASAP.
The party will be held at the Fredericton Inn on Wednesday Dec 11/24 at 5:30. Further details to follow.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Thanks
Gary
From the Archives
Notes submitted by Gary Arsenault for the meeting held on April 26th, 2001:
Three LBC's showed up. The keeners were:
Jim Woodford - 74 MGB
Bob Constable - 81 Spitfire
Gary Wood - 77 MGB
We agreed to get some things moving on the touring front:
The current tour schedule:
- May 20/01- St Andrews day trip - John Dewitt and Mike Hines volunteered to be tour directors. Please call them for details.
John - 357-5820
Mike - 472-8064 - May 24/01 @7 pm - Lunar Rogue* meeting to discuss how St Andrews tour went and to discuss next event. If Lunar Rogue is unavailable then Beaverbrook or Sheraton would be next on list. John Dewitt agreed to be point person on this.
- June ????/01 - Arnold Boer agreed to organize a day tour.
- July 13/01 - PEI British Car Day. Jim Woodford and Mark Jones obtained loads of information on the event. This was passed out to everyone. A reminder for anyone attending to book their accomodations right away...or be prepared to bring a tent.... which is OK too! Jim Woodford and Gary Arsenault volunteered to organize a local contingent to convey our way over there. Stay tuned.
Jim - 363-4697
Gary - 454-4546
Other issues:
- There was some discussion on showing cars at the local Fton car shows. Jim McKeown is going to talk to those folks to see if there was any interest in having our group attend.
- Gary Hetherington offered to have folks visit him at his large open area in Rusagonis. Sounds like a good sport for a get together.
- Gary Arsenault is planning on having the group over for a barbeque sometime this summer.
- We need a name! A brief discussion on a name for the group was had but no name came forward. It was agreed to bring final suggestions to the next meeting.
- Everyone at this meeting was given a current list of folks who have attended the last meeting.
- There was some discussions and interest in rallying. Hopefully those interested will put something together to see this happen. Sounds like a lot of fun.
- David Nielsen is developing a web page for us and has that done a remarkable job at putting our information together. Everyone recognized the need for a common communications tool to help us get our message out or in as the case may be. This page will be instrumental in getting our group up and rolling and then more important..... sustaining it. Thank-you David from all of us. This is much appreciated and welcomed!
* It was decided later that we should consider choosing a meeting place that allows us to have a view of the parking lot for security and peace-of-mind reasons. Quite a valuable collection of cars when we are all together.
The Who? What? and How? of FABAC
Back at the turn of the century, there lived a man with a notion that British car owners should drive their cars, help others get theirs running, and enjoy traveling together, and meeting and eating together. Gary was that man who jump-started the club by connecting with as many LBC owners as he could find. Lots of interest at that first meeting at Odell Park.
What grew out of that first meeting back in 2001 was a club that had no dues, had no officers, had no elections, had no constitution, and had no idea how successful it would be. Fifty members turned out to our 20th anniversary get-together!
- We had no expenses that weren't covered anonymously by club members.
- We had no elections as people volunteered to officiate at meetings, organize tours/runs, suggest events, track memberships, take minutes of meetings and post articles and announcements.
- We have one constitution that is too unwieldy to publish. Not unlike the Indigenous people, we collectively hold in our memories the many discussions we have had on every imaginable topic over the years. That becomes our constitution. (By the way, we had the last discussion re name change in April to August 2008. A quote from the August minutes: "David N has suggested that the club be henceforth known as FABFAC (Fredericton Area British and Foreign Automobile Club) in recognition of the multi-national nature of its members’ cars.) (As the volunteer "Information Officer" since 2001, I have emails, posts, photographs and records that go waaaay back.)
So, here we are—people interested in British cars, in a club with a British name and a British logo.
Your faithful servant,
David
May, 2001:
Octoberfest Run Report
Despite cool and windy weather, it was a wonderful drive to Knightville on Sunday for our annual Octoberfest dinner and meet-up with the folks from the Moncton area. The sky was dotted with clouds that added interest to the scenery and even the bare trees offered an interesting setting.
And the meet-up you ask? We were flabbergasted at the turnout with over 20 folks from Moncton. Ovide was grinning like the Cheshire cat as we surveyed the sea of familiar and new faces. After shaking all the hands (and a few hugs), we sat down to dine and chat.
Ovide and I had a long chat about our (both of our) club's continuing evolution and challenges. We're slowly losing members to age and changing interests. Many who remain, trade in their LBCs or other interesting car for something that's still fun but more reliable and comfortable (and warmer, with trunk space). The parking lot at the gasthof was a sea of Miatas with a few older Volvos and one lonely vintage Mustang. Moncton has a large group of loosely organized (kinda like us) folks who love to drive and eat (sound familiar?). We're going to plan more combined trips next year as there's lots to do in between the two cities that are an easy drive for both groups. The Sussex balloon fest and car show is an obvious gathering that we used to frequent. Maybe we should again? The Fundy coast is another great spot to meet up.
The drive home saw us introduced to a new route around Sussex that eliminated that screwy section of Roachville road. It was wonderfully scenic, devoid of other traffic, and quite twisty. We'll be doing that one again.
Hats off to Ovide for dragging that huge group out in the cold and wind.
Rob E.
Three Ferry Run
I would like to thank Chris and Beth Daigle, Mark Caldwell and Ernst for joining me on a great day of driving. We found a great little restaurant just by the Westfield ferry then went onto Hatfield point ferry, then onto Gagetown ferry. What a wonderful fall day and yes, the top is up on my car. It was cold.
Cheers,
John
Alternate Trip suggestion for this Sunday
Here is the trip that I’m thinking of doing—meeting at Princess Auto leaving at 10:30am. Drive to Fredericton Junction on Hoyt then to Saint John finding something to eat. Then take the Romeo and Juliet ferry over to Bell Bay Drive to the Kingston Peninsula. Then onto the Gagetown ferry and home on Rte 102.
- John D.
FABAC name change discussion
To help with this healthy discussion, I thought it would be useful to give some background on our club's current name and how it relates to our constitution.
Membership: The Founders of our Club (a list is available) were wise in ensuring that our Club would be inclusive, hence the language in our Constitution that states that anyone "who owns or is interested in British automobiles may apply for membership". Since the beginning, we have not turned anyone away, We have had everything imaginable driving with us from a Maserati Chrysler to odds and ends of Japanese, German, French, NA and Italian vehicles. Interestingly, even 'Fredericton Area' shows the original plan for the club to be not too restrictive re membership. We even have members living in the Saint John area.
The part of the Constitution regarding name changes is quite interesting:
"The name 'Fredericton Area British Automobile Club' reflects the original mandate and must contain the word 'British' and shall not have any additional restrictive language applied."
So, one cannot add Electric Vehicles or Vintage, or Internal Combustion Engines or Sports Cars. These appear to restrict membership and do not reflect the intent of the Founders.
So, a change like 'Fredericton Area Mostly British Automobile Club' would be allowed.
However, 'Fredericton Unique Cars Klub' would not be allowed by the guidelines.
Finally, any name that makes it to the final decision must be approved by either:
- a majority of the surviving Founders
or
- a majority of active members ('Active' is described in our constitution as any registered person who has participated in at least one Club activity in the past twelve months. This can be tours, runs, meetings, breakfasts, or posts on our site.
I hope this has been helpful.
Your faithful servant,
David N.
Fun with the latest Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised)
First day with free FSD (Supervised) 12.5.4.1. Pretty incredible. Three clips for your viewing pleasure:
- Rude red Corolla coming out of Fredericton Northside into traffic. My Tesla slowed and forgave her for butting in after the truck.
- Actual Smart Summoning at Northside Shopper's Drug—I purposely drove into a parking spot so that the Tesla would have to back up to come and get me. You'll see it slowing and moving more to the right as the truck comes into view. You'll see me standing waiting center screen.
- Navigating the construction on the Mactaquac Dam with no problem.
I did not need to interfere with any of the driving. My only complaint is that the speed zone data is very flawed—something that hopefully will improve soon. Not the car's fault—just incorrect mapping data. And you know what happens if you drive the speed limit!
October Meeting Report
A boisterous but well behaved group met at Dimitri's restaurant for October's dinner and not-a-meeting. We all noticed that the inside has again changed colour. Are they doing this just for us?
Gary took the reins and chatted about the Owl's Head run recently. There's been some fun stories from the trip with Ernst emerging as the hero...sorta.
- There was some discussion on the sl-o-o-w-ly progressing name change for the club. We chatted amicably about the reasons for this and even agreed (mostly) to charge ahead. I've already gathered a few suggestions and am inviting more. The end goal is to be more inclusive (of car ownership, we already welcome everybody) and grow the membership. I'll put what I have together and post it all soon.
- The Octoberfest run is on...again! See the post a little ways down. Remember to call or email them and add your name to the list.
- Gary went wildly off-topic and promoted his seniors swim club. It's a good cause so we didn't mind.
- Phil-n-Pam are leading a fall leaf tour on Saturday coming (the 19th). See details here.
- Dianne will arrange the holiday party (around the 11th of Dec) at the Freddy Inn.
- The next meeting will be at the Carnation Restaurant on Nov 20th.
Rob E.
Fall Colour Run
Pam and I are planning a drive somewhere upriver Saturday. The driving season is getting short and the weather folks are predicting a sunny day with no chance of rain. Anyone interesting in going with us, chime in on the site or get in touch with me to arrange where to meet.
Thanks,
Phil
FABAC Meeting October 16th
Dinner at Dimitri’s Souvlaki
Booked for 16 people on Wednesday October 16th at 5:30 pm under FABAC, or Johanna Bertin.Octoberfest run
Oct run to Adolf's Gasthoff Old Bavarian Restaurant Oct. 27th
1130 Knightville Road
Menu http://www.oldbavarian.ca/menu.html
They now accept modern payment methods.
Contact the restaurant (1-506-433-4735) NOW if you plan on attending.
They now accept modern payment methods.
Contact the restaurant (1-506-433-4735) NOW if you plan on attending.
Tell them that you are with FABAC. The reservation is under my name.
Gather at Ramada Inn parking lot (north side) on Sunday, Oct 27th at 11:45 noon, rain or ...it's gonna rain of course so there's no contingency plan for sunshine.
Gather at Ramada Inn parking lot (north side) on Sunday, Oct 27th at 11:45 noon, rain or ...it's gonna rain of course so there's no contingency plan for sunshine.
The route:
- Depart the parking lot at 12:15 sharp along the scenic 105. A short detour along the boring Trans Canada to avoid the partially demolished bridge.
- Regain the 105 after Jemseg and turn left onto the 695 heading towards Cambridge Narrows.
- After Crossing the bridge at Cambridge Narrows we turn left onto the lovely and relaxing 710.
- The 710 makes a right turn somewhere after someplace named 'Cody's'.
- Join up with the straight and boring (but thankfully short) highway 10,
- Just before Sussex, turn left onto Roachville Rd. I don't remember if there's much of a sign there but if we/you miss it, you/we can pick it up soon after at the interchange.
- Follow Roachville Rd a while until you see the right hand turn onto Knightville Rd....which is on the right. At some point the restaurant will appear on the right.
Maps or GPSs are well advised. I no longer get lost and lead folks astray, but we may become separated. We hope to get there around 2:00. We hope that some of our old friends from Moncton join us.
- Bob E.
Owl's Head Trip
Here are a few photographs of the Owl's Head trip. We had a great driving—roads were wonderful. A few mishaps on the way and also on the way back. Thanks to Ernst—he took care of both the problems we had on the trip. I would also like to thank Chris and Beth for helping out. Kyle and Megan came along on the trip from Amherst Nova Scotia. Still a great trip. I’d like to thank Phil for organizing the trip.
Cheers,
John
Click below to see many wonderful photos from John.
Last night's meeting-dinner-food fight report.
A goodly number of folks showed up at Wolastoq Wharf restaurant for a warm September meeting. A couple even braved heatstroke in LBCs with the tops down.
As always, Gary took the reigns and gave us a quick recap of the past months
happenings:
- We've had a few good—no, GREAT!—runs since the last get together.
- The afternoon at Sandi & Larry's was VERY well attended and much enjoyed.
- The much anticipated Owl's Head run is happening this weekend.
- A few attended the MASSIVE 100th anniversary airshow in Greenwood.
A suggestion was made to arrange a run to St Andrews.
I made a call for suggestions for a new name. It's felt that with fewer LBCs around and/or being driven, we should choose something more appropriate and inclusive.
Our next meeting will be at Dimitri's, always a favourite.
Rob E.
Great time at Sandi and Larry's
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We had a great time at Sandi and Larry's on Saturday. We were treated to an olympiad of activities from games, activities and quizzes to a smorgasbord of delicious food including an array of mouth watering desserts.
Those that wished to enter the games were also eligible to win prizes based on a number of easy criteria, even allowing for points if you supported the participants. Needless to say there was a lot of "loose" negotiating going on at the end when totalling the individual scores. Not so loose were some of the winning prizes which were home made jams and preserves all made by our wonderful hosts.
Now in terms of food, Sandi and Larry made fajita's with every conceivable condiment plus all the other dishes and desserts provided by FABAC members. All were very delicious....and plentiful!
I know my seat belt was much tighter on our way home than it was on our way there.
I'm sure Sandi and Larry were very happy with the wonderful turn out of so many FABAC members.
I know too, I'm joined with all those attending in thanking them for such a splendid day.
Thanks,
Gary
Lots more photos from Bob E. below.
FABAC Party at Sandi and Larry's - Saturday Sept 14
I hope there are lots of FABACians planning to attend Sandi and Larry's party at their place on Saturday Sept 14th. The details have been posted previously. This will be a great time and a great opportunity to get together for lots of fun and just relaxing with friends. Oh yes, the plan is to eat shortly after we arrive. Please confirm your attendance now so Sandi and Larry know the numbers.
For those attending we'll be leaving from Canadian Tire Northside at 11:30.
Thanks,
Gary
Deer Island Run Report and photos
We left the Tim’s on the Hanwell (alone!) last Thursday shortly after 10:00 AM and made a short stop at Bruce and Joanna’s to check out the new garage that Bruce has been talking about. A fine looking job with lots of space. The weather for the drive to Deer Island was perfect and the fresh sea air was great. This was the first time to Deer Island for us in several years and we drove all the roads and checked out a few of the harbours and the scenery. We also checked out a new to us restaurant called The Cap Sill. Very good food and excellent friendly service. As a bonus we enjoyed two half hour “cruises”, then a stop in Saint John for ice cream. The photos are of one of the government ferries and a privately operated Deer Island-Campobello ferry.
Phil
Owl's Head Transportation Museum Run
Important note from Phil:
Those of you planning to go should either post here or email me at britcars1978@gmail.com . Several have contacted me directly and I have second hand information about a couple of others.
FABAC is going to Owl’s Head Transportation Museum (https://owlshead.org/) for their Foreign Auto Rendezvous on Sept. 21st and 22nd. We will be travelling on Friday Sept. 20th to the Augusta/Waterville, ME area via Calais and to Brewer/Bangor via US Rt. 9 (The Airline for us old folks) and on to Waterville where we will overnight. The next morning (Saturday) will be an hour and fifteen minute drive to Owl’s Head. The show ends at 3:00 PM on Saturday after which will travel to Ellsworth, about a two hour drive, where we will overnight. Sunday morning we will travel to Campobello Island, Deer Island and on to St. George and Fredericton. The itinerary is listed below.
- Friday, September 20th – meet at 10:0 AM at Tim Horton’s, Hanwell Rd. & Bishop Dr. to travel to Calais, ME.
- Lunch in St. Stephen at The 5 Kings Restaurant (Picaroon’s)
- On to Bangor/Brewer via Rt. 9 (the Airline to us old folks) and to Waterville via Rt. 202 and Rt. 139.
- Overnight at Budget Host Airport Inn in Waterville.
- Saturday morning to the Museum and car show via Rt. 137, 202 and 17.
- In the late afternoon we will travel to Ellesworth via Rt. 1 and perhaps some of the shore routes depending on time.
- Overnight at Eagle’s Lodge Motel in Ellesworth on the 21st.
- Sunday morning, on to Campobello Island via Rt. 1 and may include some of the shore routes.
- Lunch on Campobello then ferry (extra cost) to Deer Island and on to St. George and Fredericton.
Note: If planning to go, make reservations early!
Budget Host – Airport Inn
Address: 400 Kennedy Memorial Dr, Waterville, ME 04901, United States
Phone: +1 207-873-3366 1-800-BUD-HOST.
Eagle’s Lodge,
Address: 278 High St, Ellsworth, ME 04605, United States
Phone: +1 207-667-3311 (888) 667-3311
FABAC September Meeting
Wednesday September 18, 2024
5:30 pmWolastoq Wharf
527 Union Street., Fredericton
Reservation confirmed for 18 people
- Johanna
Deer Island Run on Thursday (September 5th)
We're planning a day trip to Deer Island on Thursday. If anyone wishes to come along with us, we will be leaving from the Tim Hortons location at Hanwell and Bishop Drive at 10:00 AM. The weather looks promising. Hope to see a few folks there.
Phil
St. George Fish 'n' Chips run
I would like to thank Barb, Gary, Rose, Henning, Johanna, Bruce, Mark and Ernst for coming with me on the trip. We had a great day, good food and great roads. 
Cheers
John
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